NYSC Embarks on Massive Clean-up of Rivers 23 LGAs
From MAUREEN DICK, Port Harcourt
Members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) serving across the 23 Local Government Areas of Rivers State on Saturday embarked on massive environmental sanitation exercise to keep the State clean and improve the overall health of citizens.
It was held to mark 2024 NYSC National Environmental Sanitation Exercise and had as its theme: Clean Environment and Good Hygiene: Panacea for Good Health and Long Life.
It featured cleaning of the LG Council headquarters, major markets and motor parks in the 23 LGAs of the State which held simultaneously.
At Obio/Akpor LG Council headquarters, venue for the official flag off the exercise in the State, Rivers State NYSC Coordinator, Mr. George Mfongang, represented by the Assistant Director, Community Development Service (CDS), Mr. Barnax Uloneme, described the sanitation exercise “as a way by which the NYSC Scheme gives back to the society.”
Speaking further, he explained that the NYSC Scheme as a leading light of youth organizations in the world, as a matter of her ideal and noble roles in nation building, is primed to shine her light for others to see and emulate the importance and imperativeness of a clean and healthy environment for all and sundry.
Concluding , Mr. Mfongang emphasized that the exercise will deepen the relevance of the Scheme in the hearts and minds of Nigerians.
Corps members and staff across the 23 LGAs of the State worked tirelessly in opening up blocked drainages, sweeping, cutting of grass as well as proper evacuation and disposal of generated waste materials.
Observers who witnessed the exercise, especially around Rumuokoro market, Obio/Akpor LGA including Mrs. Geraldine Amadi and Pastor Wilberforce Woke commended the NYSC Management and Corps members for the lofty initiative which they described as a “job well done.”
They unanimously opined that Rumuokoro market and the motor park had never looked so clean in recent times.
Mrs. Amadi and Pastor Woke used the opportunity to appeal to the NYSC top management to sustain the exercise and make it more regular.
They further called on the State Government and other critical stakeholders to support the NYSC Scheme with the necessary logistics in ensuring overwhelming success in carrying out such national assignment.
Ends.